A Long Journey Home, Flames of the Heart

Story by Antarian_Knight on SoFurry

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#5 of A long journey home


Part five of AbleArcher's request. I hope you enjoy it. Only two more chapters to go, which will be submitted tomorrow sometime.

As always comments are appreciated and requested.


Continued from 'Love reborn'...

When Lucas' eyes opened to find the cool sunlight of a mountain morning shining upon them, he was wholly bewildered at first as to where he was and how he had gotten there. Shaking his head to clear the last of the cobwebs his dreams had left within it, he looked around the small room, finding it to be empty and rather unkempt, as if it hadn't been cared for in a long while. Then, when he felt a warm something shift against him, things started to come back to him. Looking down, he smiled when he spied the sleeping ferret girl that was curled up beside him in the bed. Putting his head back down onto the pillow and laying his hand on his girlfriend's back, the rifleman stared up at the ceiling, letting things come back to him as fast or as slowly as they wanted.

It was the morning after Lucien had collapsed in the tower and Olivia and Lucas had wandered aimlessly for a while yesterday, before finally deciding that they had to find a place to stay while Lucien recovered. There just wasn't enough room in the alchemist's tower for the two of them and the comatose owl. So they had wandered for a while and had finally found themselves in the former home of Olivia's family.

When they had arrived, Olivia had gotten a sort of distant look and had started wandering from room to room, a strange expression on her face. Sensing how much of a weight the memory of slowly losing herself here laid upon her mind, Lucas had let her have her privacy. A quick search through the house had yielded some sheets that had been miraculously intact inside a cabinet in the back room and he had then spent the next hour stuffing a torn up mattress with as much stuffing as he could find. In the end, the bed was comfortable, if a little ragged. Then, with the room set up as comfortably as it could be, he had gone looking for Olivia. He had found her in her parents' old room, and the sight she presented had broken his heart. She had been sitting in the middle of the room with her back to the door, trembling. She had been crying quietly, holding an old locket that her father had given her mother as a gift just before the strangers had brought the crystal that had so changed the village of Keirnan.

Lucas sat down beside her and she had let him hold her for a while. Then, after some gentle coaxing, Olivia had let him lead her to her old room and the freshly made bed. He had closed the door on the rest of the house, shutting out the ruined village and the memories that it brought up. Then, exhausted by everything they had done that day and the ragged emotions that had whirled through them, they had curled up together beneath the sheets, finding comfort in each other's arms. Smiling wryly to himself, Lucas remembered the conversation that had led to his trousers joining his jacket across the room, and why he could be found this morning holding a still naked ferret girl, dressed only in his undershirt and a pair of worn underwear. After a few minutes of lying in silence, Olivia had whispered that his uniform felt too rough against her fur, and had practically stripped him of it, a strange gleam twinkling in her eyes. Then, when he had been undressed, she had snuggled closer under the blanket, and they had fallen asleep holding one another.

After spending night after night sleeping on the hard ground, to be able to sleep in a fluffy down bed, with the girl he loved snuggled at his side had been the very height of luxury and now, Lucas was so comfortable he really didn't want to wake up and break the spell of comfort. Closing his eyes to the shaft of sunlight that streamed in through the window, the young soldier willed the world to leave them alone a while longer, trying to force himself back into sleep. But, after a few minutes of trying, he knew that it was hopeless. His body was too used to the soldier's hard pace of life, so much so that he was a little surprised that he had been able to sleep in as long as he had, having gotten used to rising with the dawn. Sighing deeply, he opened his eyes once more and then realized that, though now wide awake, he wasn't going to be able to get up and do anything either. Olivia was trapping one side of his body in her embrace and she didn't seem at all interested in letting him go while she slept, her head laid comfortably against his chest. Drawing in a deep breath of cool air, he laid his head back and looked up at the ceiling, tracing an intricate knot in one of the beams of the roof with his eyes.

And then, as he lay there, thinking and trying to find something to occupy his thoughts, odd details began to filter into the front of his mind, things that he had noticed but had passed over, barely acknowledging them. For one thing, though only a single blanket covered the odd couple, it seemed to be very warm beneath it, warmer than he thought it should be, especially since the bed wasn't in direct sunshine. In fact, it was almost hot, almost stifling in that little pocket of space between layers of cloth. Puzzled, Lucas tried to find some explanation of this odd phenomenon and the answer came to him surprisingly quickly. Idly stroking his hand through his love's fur, he realized that she was the source of all the heat, her body warm as if she had a fever, though she wasn't shivering at all. In fact, she looked very content, absently nuzzling his chest ever so gently while still quite clearly asleep. Worried now that maybe she was sick, Lucas gently shook his girlfriend, and the ferret girl stirred. Yawning widely and showing a mouthful of pointed teeth, Olivia opened her eyes and turned her head towards him, looking a bit disheveled.

"Good morning." She murmured, stifling another yawn. She didn't seem ill, at least not that Lucas could see, but there was definitely something a little odd with her, something that he couldn't put his finger on, try as he might to understand it. Settling her head back against his chest, Olivia rubbed her chin under his neck once more, affectionately snuggling in closer to him, clearly as unwilling to get out of bed as he had been. Smiling at her, Lucas let out a sigh and tightened his embrace slightly, holding her to him gently. A curious sensation was sweeping through his body, a sensation of utter contentment, as if as long as they were in this room, the world outside was frozen in place. All the worries, all the tasks that they still had to do seemed at once so very far away. It felt like nothing could reach them here, and so they didn't have to worry about anything. As long as the door remained closed, there would never be a need that would drive them from their place of refuge. And then, Lucas' thoughts returned to the present with a jolt as a strange sensation trailed up his abdomen, making him shiver. Raising his head slightly he found that Olivia had slid her paw under his shirt, tracing its way along his bare abdomen, her claws and fur making him shiver, goose bumps rising all over his flesh.

Looking down at his love, he found her looking back up at him, her eyes twinkling, filled with mischief. A grin coming to his face, Lucas stretched out his hand, gently tracing his fingernails along the girl's spine, sending a ripple through her fur as she shivered. His grin spreading yet wider, the young rifleman's fingers continued their journey down her body, gently caressing the base of her tail. When his fingers caressed that spot, Olivia let out a chirp of surprise, then drew back from him slightly, looking mortified at the animalistic sound she had just made.

"I'm sorry," She said, starting to draw away from him. "It just sort of came out..."

"Olivia, there is nothing to be sorry for." Lucas said, putting a finger to her lips, and leaning in close, whispering conspiratorially with an easy grin on his face. "Actually, I think it is sort of cute."

"Really?" Olivia asked, trying to look suspicious, but the grin tugging at the corners of her mouth killed that expression pretty handily. When he nodded, unable to restrain his own smile, she let the smile take over and kissed him gently on the lips, snuggling close once more. Oddly, while her kiss was still as sweet as it had been when they had kissed yesterday morning, he found something new as well. There was an almost spicy taste to her this morning, not unlike pure ginger, its taste sweet and yet almost hot tasting, if that made any sense. And then, as they held that kiss, every breath filling with her scent, Lucas felt his arms tightening, pulling her closer than before. When they finally broke the kiss a few moments later, Olivia leaned her head back a little once more and at last he spotted the thing that had changed within her.

Her eyes seemed have become a little glazed since she had woken up, and her body was pressed very close to him. He had never seen that glazed look in her eyes before, and as he began to ponder what that could possibly mean, Lucas suddenly found something was changing in his head. His mind seemed to be growing hazy, every thought he tried to think getting lost about half way through. Oddly, the only thoughts that completed themselves in his head came from elsewhere. For instance, 'Olivia's new spicy taste was really quite delicious' and 'Her fur is really soft' kept swimming up to the surface of his mind, shattering any attempt at directed thinking. And then, suddenly, Olivia pressed in close once more, kissing him fiercely and he replied with equal intensity, his body needing no instructions from his increasingly cloudy mind. Part of his mind rebelled at the pleasant fog that seemed to be rapidly submerging it, but its voice was steadily fading. He was becoming a thing of pure instinct, and he didn't care.

As they kissed again, their embrace becoming more and more passionate by the second, both of Olivia's paws began to trace his skin under his shirt, her claws exciting him to no end, stroking their way along his ribs. Lucas replied in turn on instinct, holding her to him as tightly as he dared, as if letting her go would somehow make her disappear. Finally, when they both came up for air again, the rapidly succumbing rational part of Lucas tried once more to get a hold on the situation, trying to beat back the fog that was drifting steadily across his mind. And, for a few brief moments, it succeeded, dragging itself free form the foggy mire, but it brought with it a fragment of memory that had retreated into his subconscious. As Olivia pressed herself close to him, nuzzling at his neck, her whiskers sending shivers through his body, he tried to think of where it had come from. The memory he was reminded so strongly of was the time when one of his comrades in the Rifles, an older sergeant, had led him and a few other soldiers into a mountain cave during a storm. The sergeant had tossed moist sagebrush on the fire until a smoky haze had filled the small cavern. That haze had produced a very pleasant drifting sensation in everyone and it had become very easy to forget the storm and the cold and the hardships they had endured. This felt almost similar, though he wasn't drifting away as he had back then. Instead, the haze was inside, drowning his thoughts within it.

And then, all such thoughts were driven from his mind completely as Olivia suddenly licked his neck; the sensation of her warm tongue running from the hollow of his neck to his chin swiftly driving the will to resist the warm mist in his head right out of his mind. Letting go completely, Lucas drew the ferret girl close, kissing her nose gently. Smiling in a way that set loose a flock of butterflies within him, Olivia pushed herself up, gently freeing herself from his embrace and then gave him a seductive look that she had never worn before. Lucas looked up at her in amazement, for, though she was a year younger than he was, she no longer seemed young at all. Then, dipping down for a last kiss, Olivia grabbed the edge of his undershirt, dragging it up over his head and then tossing it over her shoulder, miraculously making it land in the same pile as his uniform. With an odd sort of look in her gleaming emerald eyes, she caressed his bare chest with both paws, outlining the scars his military service had left with her claws, every motion sending a shiver through him, raising goose bumps all over. And then without warning, she pounced.

Lucas let out a gasp as Olivia landed fully upon him, nuzzling his chest, licking and kissing him, drawing in his scent with every deep breath. Letting out a groan as she licked his solar plexus, Lucas felt his underwear grow uncomfortably tight all of a sudden, her affectionate ministrations obviously having the effect she wanted. And then suddenly, as Olivia made another pass over his collar bone with her soft tongue, something suddenly changed. Lucas felt the fog that had filled his mind suddenly ignite, a firestorm searing its way to life within him. And, as the heat surged in his mind, the firestorm began to spread, kindling itself into being all over his body. And coming with the sudden fierce fire was an equally fierce desire, a desire that had only one cure. The desire was all-consuming, the flames within him suddenly making sweat stand out on his skin. Then, at once, as Olivia's gleaming green eyes met his gaze once more, he understood, the thought coming to him out of the fiery ether of his mind, an explanation made of passionate flames. The flames dwelled within Olivia, the heat swelling from her and her sudden affection had caused the spark to jump to him. And then, as the flames reached a fevered pitch and he shivered against her, instincts began to well up in him, instincts that knew what was needed to douse the inferno blazing within the two of them.

Gently catching hold of her with hands that trembled with anticipation, Lucas shifted her to the side. Panting with desire, Olivia obliged, shifting to the side off his chest, sensing what he was doing. Then, gently pushing her over so she was on her back, Lucas leaned in close and kissed her, playing his fingers through the soft fur of her belly, reveling in her warmth, stroking his way slowly up her body towards her chest. And then, with fingers that barely worked for the trembling, he caressed her breasts, the ferret girl letting out a sound that was halfway between an animalistic chirp and a pleasured moan. Grinning at her, Lucas gave her chest a gentle squeeze, his fingers trailing across her nipples, making her shiver and quake, the nubs of flesh quickly stiffening. Grinning at his love, Lucas repeated the motion, stroking the hardened nubs gently. Every pass of his fingers made her gasp, her eyes closing tight with desire, somehow bringing even more heat from her body. And then, with his burning heart thumping out a wild beat in his chest, Lucas leaned down slowly, coming closer to her chest, taking a deep breath of her scent, feeling it add fuel to the fires that raged within him. After a moment's hesitation, Lucas lowered his head to her right breast and then, with a feather-light touch, he played his lips across her flesh, eliciting a gasp from the girl.

When his lips enclosed her nipple in a gentle kiss, Olivia's eyes snapped open and she arched her back against him, panting deeply as he gently began to suck. Lucas grinned a moment later, for the ferret-girl grabbed his head with one hand, pulling him close, her other hand gripping his back tightly, her claws digging into his skin, the tiny pinpricks of pain somehow even more exciting. And then, as her grip tightened and he sucked a little harder, he heard her let out another chirp and he was surprised to find a jet of sweet fluid squirt into his mouth. Pausing a moment out of surprise, Lucas swallowed, finding the nectar incredibly delicious, better than anything he had tasted. Grinning, Lucas returned to sucking, coaxing more droplets and jets from her tit, occasionally alternating between her breasts, licking and suckling at her nipples, the ferret girl shuddering with delight, chirping quietly with every breath. But, while the milk was delicious, the flame that burned within him was not abating, the sweet fluid only adding fuel to the flames, driving it hotter, until his whole body was burning in agony at what it saw as a denial of its heat. And then, as Lucas started to shift between nipples once more, Olivia put her paws on his chest and gently pushed him back from her, her eyes practically glowing in the pale sunshine that lit the room.

Looking at her in confusion for a moment, Lucas saw the same fire that scorched him burning within her as well and he smiled, obligingly backing up from her, allowing her to shift position, his body sensing what she had in mind. With surprisingly gentle motions, Olivia pushed his underwear down, drawing the garment off of him and discarding them with his other clothing, her eyes glued to him. Then, with Lucas sitting back on his heels, Olivia drew in a deep breath, and, blushing so fiercely that it showed through her creamy fur, she got up on all fours, turning so she was looking back over her shoulder at him. Then, slowly, panting as if she had just sprinted uphill for a mile, she lifted her tail, revealing her slit to him. Then, while he stared as if mesmerized, Olivia flicked her tail back so its tip caressed his stiffened member, then curled around his hips, attempting to draw him closer to her. Lucas grinned at her, needing no further encouragement.

Then, his heart throbbing in his chest, Lucas shifted forward, gently stroking her rump with his fingertips, continuing on up over her back, moving ever closer as he did so. Then, as his fingers reached her shoulders, he positioned himself against her, his tip nestling in between her labia, the gentle touch making Olivia's fur ripple. There Lucas paused for a moment, his heart hammering, and then, pushing forward with gentle motions, he began to slide inside her, her tight passage yielding to his movement and Olivia arched her back, sucking in a breath through clenched teeth. Seeing the grimace that crossed her face, Lucas stopped at once, knowing that she still possessed her virtue, and no amount of flame-filled agony could make him hurt her. He wanted this first time to be gentle, to have as little pain as possible. But Olivia swiftly made it clear that she had other ideas. Letting out the breath she had taken in long slow draft, the ferret girl suddenly shoved her hips backward, taking him to the hilt within her in a single swift motion, her teeth closing on the pillow at the sudden pain, her growl barely audible over it. Not wanting to hurt her, Lucas forced himself to hold still despite the tight, wet warmth that had enveloped his privates, overriding his instincts.

For a few moments longer, the pair remained totally still, joined fully for the first time, and then, gradually, Lucas felt her walls relax around his shaft, and the pain left her face slowly, her death grip upon the pillow relaxing. Then, when Olivia looked back at him, her emerald eyes bright with excitement, Lucas smiled reassuringly and she nodded, slowly pulling away from him, pulling herself slowly off of his member. When only the head of his penis was within her, the pair paused again, holding still just for a moment. And then, they thrust together, the motion not the swift motion that Olivia had taken a moment before, nor the gentle and slow motion that Lucas had wanted but rather a mix of the two. When Lucas was hilted within her once again, Olivia let out a sound that was half gasp, half animal grunt, and looked back at her lover once more, a look of pleasure on her face. And with that, the pair began to build up a smooth rhythm with their hips, each thrust drawing a gasp of pleasure from one or the other, their motions in perfect harmony.

As Olivia pushed herself back against him once more, Lucas felt the fire growing hotter in his heart, the exquisite heat amplifying every sensation until every tiny movement unleashed endless waves of pleasure within his body, making him shiver with delight. And then, as her tail flicked across him once more, Lucas felt a new instinct filling him and he withdrew all the way, making Olivia look back at him in confusion, desire filling her eyes. But Lucas just winked at her, rising up higher, sweeping her tail under his arm, leaning over so his chest was pressing against her back. Olivia grinned at him in sudden understanding and lowered her chest so her chin was pressed to the pillow, her rump pressing back into his hips, perfectly positioned. Then, as Lucas thrust eagerly back into her, he reached around her with one hand, caressing her breast once more. Olivia gave a gasp of pleased surprise and pressed back into him so his body cupped hers almost perfectly. Smiling at her eagerness, Lucas began to thrust harder, quickening his pace, the fire within him now an inferno, wholly out of control, burning him from the inside out. His mind was gone, lost in the heat and flames, only instinct remaining, seeking the cure to the heat, and yet reveling in endless waves of pleasure, better than anything he had ever experienced.

As his pace quickened, his thrusts getting faster and harder, Olivia began to pant, bracing herself against the bed, her eyes closed in pleasure, her body trembling and Lucas knew instinctually that her release was coming. And, as a pleasant sort of pressure built in his loins, he knew that his own wasn't going to be far off either. Then, with a sudden strike of inspiration, Lucas suddenly pinched her nipples with his fingers, giving a last thrust into her at the same time and she squeezed her eyes tightly shut, gritting her teeth as her release came, her vagina tightening up around Lucas's shaft, her claws slicing into the sheets as her hands clenched. With a cry that was more animal than human, she came, a sudden gout of fluid coating Lucas's shaft and he withdrew one more time and then thrust back in as hard as he could, the sudden increase in pressure on his shaft all he needed. Then, buried as deep as he could get in his lover, his jaw set against the pressure, he felt himself teeter on the brink. And as his own cry joined Olivia's filling the room with a chorus of exaltation, both of them trembling fiercely, he felt the fire explode within him and he came, his penis twitching, finally releasing its precious gift.

Shaking and shuddering with sweet relief, the pair pressed close, Lucas gripping his love tightly to him, his body twitching in time with each spurt of white seed into his mate. For her part, Olivia seemed to be in heaven, practically writhing with pleasure, her sharp claws savaging the sheets as they reflexively clenched and unclenched with each wave of sensation. And then almost as suddenly as it had come, it was over. The last wave of pleasure subsided into ripples of sensation and Lucas finally released her, slowly separating from her, withdrawing his wilting member from her crevice. The heat from the internal flame was dying away, leaving him shivering, and the young man settled back onto his heels, taking deep breaths to calm his still racing heart. Olivia remained in the same position for a few moments, and then slowly, she collapsed onto her side almost gracefully, her eyes still closed, her creamy almond furred face pink with a wondrous blush. Then, as her breathing slowly calmed down, Olivia opened her eyes a crack, a gleaming sliver of emerald within the dark mask of fur around her eyes. Slowly, they traced their way through the room, and finally, her glazed eyes settled on Lucas and she smiled, holding out her trembling arms towards him.

Grinning warmly, his body covered in sweat, Lucas slid forward onto his side and then nestled in close to Olivia's warm body, drawing her close to him. Then, nestled in each other's loving embrace, the pair closed their eyes drowsily, the warm afterglow descending upon them like a blanket, muffling everything but one another. And then, after a few minutes of snuggling closely, Olivia spoke, her words a bare whisper, meant for her mate's ears alone.

"I love you Lucas, so much." She said, a look of utter bliss unseen upon her face.

"As I love you Olivia," Lucas replied, a sudden wave of heavenly exhaustion making him light headed. "Now and always."

Smiling pleasantly, their bodies twined together in a fair imitation of a knot, the lovers let the world about them fade into the wonderful glow that had filled their hearts, nothing but one another existing in that shining moment. And then, as the seconds spiraled away into oblivion, passing wholly unmarked, their breathing slowly became as one, their hearts beating slowly, beating only for the other, and once more, Lucas and Olivia drifted into sleep, complete at last...